AAE
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley, hang down your head and cry.
E A (start beat)
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley, poor boy, you're gonna die.
[Verse 1]
AAAE
I took her on the mountain, there I took her life,
EEEA
met her on the mountain, stabbed her with my knife.
[Chorus]
AAAE
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley, hang down your head and cry.
EEEA
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley, poor boy, you're gonna die.
[Verse 2]
AAAE
I reckon in the morning, reckon where I'll be,
EEEA
hadn't-a been for Grayson, I'd-a been in Tennessee.
[Chorus]
AAAE
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley, hang down your head and cry.
EEEA
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley, poor boy, you're gonna die.
[Verse 3]
AAAE
I reckon in the morning, reckon where I'll be,
EEEA
I'd been in the valley, I'm hanging on a white oak tree.
[Chorus]
AAAE
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley, hang down your head and cry.
EEEA
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley, poor boy, you're gonna die.
[Interlude]
AAAEEEEAAAAEEEEA
[Chorus]
AAAE
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley, hang down your head and cry.
EEEA
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley, poor boy, you're gonna die.
[Interlude] (with skat)
AAAEEEEAAAAEEEEA
[End-Chorus]
AAAE
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley, hang down your head and cry.
EEEA
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley, poor boy, you're gonna die.
EEEA
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley, poor boy, you're gonna die.